BlockWoodbury, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76645. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hillsboro West quadrangle. It stands 663 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1891 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hillsboro West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
199 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Woodbury between 2008 and 2020, burning about 1,122 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 79 |
| Debris and open burning | 74 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HCR 1313 & SH 22 |
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1311 COMMAND |
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HCR1311 |
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID WHITNEY |
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HCR 1311 |
| 8 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUZZARD/TRANSFORMER |
| 6 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PR 12565 |
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 322 HCR 1321 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodbury in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | $50,000 | The emergency manager reported extensive damage to several barns and numerous trees in Woodbury. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Woodbury | $5,000 | CR 1345 is impassable due to flooding. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Woodbury | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q104862186 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1350520. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.